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Title: Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0-385-31878-2 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 06 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (88 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tremendous writing -- this book will change you.
Comment: Truly wonderful short novel about two best friends, one of whom is dying of breast cancer and is near the end of her life when the story begins. This is a look not only at what it's like for the patient, but at how hard it is for someone to watch a loved one leave this world -- and not be able to do ANYTHING to stop it. All the feelings are here -- the guilt, the fear, the frustration, and the sorrow -- and they are so eloquently described that by the end of the book, you will be exhausted. As exhausted as the characters themselves. And this is what made me love this book so much -- it's so sad, it's so hard to read, but when was the last time a book moved me like this?
Berg says in the foreward that this book is actually based on her own experience as a friend watching a friend die from breast cancer and I believe it. Only someone who'd really been through it could make the rest of us feel like we had too. But this book isn't all about death and sorrow -- it's also about how bright someone's light can be, even in the face of extraordinary darkness. This book made me laugh out loud. And then it made me cry myself to sleep. How wonderful is that? Answer: darn wonderful.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Best Books I've Ever Read
Comment: I have read many of Elizabeth Berg's books but I must say that this one by far is the best. This is the love story between two women, not as lovers, but as friends sharing a special bond that only two women could have with each other. Ruth,one of the two main characters has been diagnosed with and is dying from breast cancer. Ann is her supportive, loving best friend. Berg writes in such a manner that the reader feels like she is in Ruth's house with Ruth and Ann, part of their exclusive friendship. The reader can imagine being on the jaunts with Ruth and Ann that they reflect upon throughout much of the story. Supporting characters are well-developed and integrated into the story in a believable manner. L.D. the somewhat "butch" friend has a strong, outgoing personality and says what's on her mind, but we are treated to the soft side of her soul when she rocks Ruth on her lap in a rocking chair because Ruth is too weak to sit up alone. Sarah, Ruth's boss is a sweetly feminine friend who is woven into the story probably to contrast with L.D, but who nevertheless holds her own as a supporting character. Finally, there is Ann. Who wouldn't want a friend like her? Though at times she seems a bit like a martyr, giving up time with her family (her young daughter Meggie and her husband Joe)to be with Ruth, Ann becomes a hero and the best friend we all yearn to have. The reader feels Ann's anguish over losing her best friend, her soulmate. This novel was so touching that I thought about it all day after I finished it. Elizabeth Berg writes from a very sensitive, caring, understanding viewpoint about a subject that usually we don't want to discuss. Berg allows us to feel and think what it must be like to know your days are numbered.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good read; tough subject
Comment: This story will make you think about a subject we really don't like to. Solely because of its subject matter, the story is sad but the strength of the bond of friendship is inspiring. The writer present a well composed piece of work, easy to read in its structure. Worth reading!
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Title: The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0515120898 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0515119784 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Until the Real Thing Comes Along by ELIZABETH BERG ISBN: 034543739X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Joy School by ELIZABETH BERG ISBN: 0345423097 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0345435028 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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